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Course Code

naf

Duration

35
hours (usually 5 days including breaks)

Requirements

None.

UML knowledge beneficial but not required.

Overview

This course gives a solid understanding across all aspects of Nato Architecture Framework. It does not focus on a specific view or function, but allows the delegates to easily find more information in the documentation and easily understand it.

During the course the delegates will do simple exercises, answer questions, etc...

Sparx Enterprise Architect is usually used during the course, but any other tools can be used instead.

Course Outline

Background

NATO C3

NATO C3 Organisation Mission

NAF goals

Framework Documentation Structure

What is inside the NAF

How NAF works

NATO Network Enabled Capability

What is an Enterprise Architecture?

How to describe the architecture?

Why Architecture Matters?

Architecture is a language

EA and decisions

Types of NATO Architectures

Quiz: Which architecture is described by the sentences below?

Overarching Architecture (OA)

Reference Architectures (RA)

Target Architectures (TA)

Baseline Architecture

NATO Architecture Views

NATO All View (NAV)

NATO Capability View (NCV)

NATO Operational View (NOV)

NATO Service-Oriented View (NSOV)

NATO Systems View (NSV)

NATO Technical View (NTV)

NATO Programme View (NPV)

Stakeholders

Communities of Interest

Life-cycle management in NAF

How NAF align stakeholders interest with the architecture?

Identification of Stakeholders

Identification of Communities of Interest (CoIs)

Example CoIs

Relation between Stakeholders and CoI’s

Requirements Analysis of CoIs

Description of CoI Interests

CoI’s Architecture Interests and Impacts

Requirements of Architecture Views

Guaranteed to run even with a single delegate!

Public Classroom

Participants from multiple organisations. Topics usually cannot be customised